Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk and Cathie Wood set for live talk during bitcoin conference this week

The Bitcoin-centered conference “The ₿ Word” has been confirmed for this week, as well as entrepreneur Elon Musk’s attendance. 

Musk, the CEO of Tesla, will participate in a live discussion with Square and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Ark Invest founder and CEO Cathie Wood during the conference, which will commence at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, July 21

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Other presenters at the conference include Steve Lee and Conor Okus from Square Crypto; Hong Fang from OKCoin; Phillip Gradwell from Chainalysis; Dr. Neha Narula from the MIT Digital Currency Initiative; Adam Back from Blockstream; and Sam Korus from ARK Invest. 

Word that Musk would potentially participate in a live chat with the bitcoin-supporting Dorsey emerged late last month, though subsequent developments indicated that The ₿ Word wasn't a done deal until Monday's developments. 

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